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[Wedding photograph of Mary McCaffrey and Joseph J. McCaffrey, circa 1953-1955]
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Title
[Wedding
photograph
of
Mary
McCaffrey
and
Joseph
J
.
McCaffrey
,
circa
1953-1955]
Date
1953-1955
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
Korean War, 1950-1953
United States. Navy--Women
Era
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Service branch
Navy--Navy Nurse Corps
Item description
Mary
McCarffrey
is
seen
here with her
husband
,
Joseph
J
.
McCaffrey
, on their
wedding
day
,
circa
1953-1955
.
Mary
McCaffrey
is
wearing
her
Formal
White
Dress
Uniform
.
Veteran's name
McCaffrey, Mary Ward
Veteran's biography
Mary
Ward
McCaffrey
(b
.
1931)
served
in the
United
States
Navy
from
1952
to
1955
.
McCaffrey
was
born
in
1931
in
Canton
,
Massachusetts
, and
spent
the
majority
of her
adolescence
in the
Boston
,
Massachusetts
area
. She
attended
Catholic
school
and
participated
in the
4-H
Club
, as
well
as the
American
Legion
Auxiliary
.
After
graduating
high
school
in
1949
,
McCaffrey
attended
Massachusetts
General
Hospital
for
three
years
,
working
as a
clinical
teaching
intern
in
nursing
, and
assisting
in the
Emergency
Room
and
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Ward
.
In
December
1952
,
McCaffrey
decided
to
join
the
United
States
Navy
. She was
sent
to
Saint
Albans
Naval
Hospital
in
Long
Island
,
New
York
,
where
she
learned
about
basic
military
training
. She was then
sent
to
Camp
Lejeune
,
North
Carolina
, and
worked
in
numerous
nursing
wards
,
including
Neurology
,
Orthopedics
,
Mental
Health
, and
Labor
and
Delivery
.
While
stationed
at
Camp
Lejeune
,
McCaffrey
met
her
future
husband
, and they were
married
on
December
31
,
1954
. In
lieu
of a
honeymoon
,
McCaffrey
accompanied
her
husband
to
Florida
for his
United
States
Marine
Corps
flight
training
,
before
she
returned
to
North
Carolina
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0555 Mary Ward McCaffrey Papers
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0555.6.001
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
900815763
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